Attachment for finger-bars of harvesters



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M. E. HAMILTON & E. L. PERRIGO. ATTACHMENT FOR FINGER BARS OFHARVESTERS.

No. 334,374. Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

WITNESSES: NVENW ATTORNEYS ATENT OFFICE.

MILES E. HAMILTON AND EDWARD L. PERRIGO, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT FO R FINGER-BARS OF HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,374, dated January12, 1886.

Application filed May 2, 1885. Serial No. 164,207. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MILEs E. HAMILTON and EDWARD L. PERRIGO, bothresidents of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments toFinger-Bars of Harvesters; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, andin which Figure 1 is a perspective viewof our improved attachment for finger -bars for harvesters, showing thesame attached in position for operation, the said view being taken fromthe lower side, so as to show the attachment in an inverted position.Fig. 2 is aplan view. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional viewtaken on the line w a; in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal verticalsectional view taken on the line y y in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is aperspective detail view of a part of the invention.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention-relates to finger-bars for harvesters; and it has for itsobject to provide an attachment for the same for the purpose of liftingand conveying the grain to the platform and carrier which shall possesssuperior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and generalefficiency.

- With these ends in view, theinvention consists in the improvedconstruction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates the front end of aharvester-platform, B is the finger-bar, and O is the cutter-bar orsickle, all of which are of the usual or of any well-known construction.

D is a shaft, which is jonrnaled in suitable bearings transversely underthe front end of the harvester-platform or. under the sicklebar, and oneend of which is provided with an arm or crank, D, connected by a rod, E,

with the driver s seat,or some other point from whence itmay beconveniently manipulated.

F F are a series of sleeves fitted upon the shaftD and provided withslots G, fitting over studs H H upon the said shaft, whereby the saidsleeves are permitted to have a limited motion independently of the saidshaft. The said sleeves are provided with forwardly-extending arms I,having grooves or recesses J in their upper sides, vertical perforationsK near their inner ends, and laterally-extending ears or projections LL. These sleeves, with their arms and attachments, may be cast orotherwise formed of malleable iron or other suitable material.

M M are teeth formed of elastic wire or other suitable material, andconsisting of shanks N, the front ends of which are curved are extendedrearwardly and upwardly, as shown at O in the drawings. The rear ends ofthe shanks N of the teeth are provided with 'downturned studs P P,adapted to enter the perforations K at the rear ends of the arms I ofsleeves F, in the grooves J of which the said shanks are placed andsecured by turning the ears or projections L L over them, as shown. Theshanks N of the teeth extend from the arms I in an outward or forwarddirection, while the prongs O are curved rearwardly over the cutter-bar.

connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation andadvantages of this invention will be readily understood. It will be seenthat the rake-teeth are entirely independent of the cutter-bar, whileforming an attachment thereto, and that they will serve to raise bunchedand fallen grain to the-cutting apparatus and elevate it to theplatform, or to such carrying apparatus as may be used.

The construction is simple and inexpensive, and the device may bereadily attached to harvesters of ordinary construction.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, with thecutting apparatus of a harvester, of a transverse shaft having a seriesof independently-movable sleeves provided with forwardly-extendingrake-teeth having rearwardly -extending prongs, substantially as hereindescribed, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the cutting appa- From the foregoingdescription, taken in,

slightly in an upward direction, whence they ratus of a harvester, of atransverse shaft having a series of studs, a series of sleeves havingvertical slots working upon the said studs, and rake-teeth extendingforwardly from the said sleeves and having rearwardly extending prongs,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the cutting apparatus of a harvester, of atransverse shaft, sleeves mounted upon the same and havingforwardlyextending grooved arms provided with laterally-extending earsor projections and vertical perforations at their inner ends, and therake-teeth attached to the said arms by means of downturned lugs attheir rear ends, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

